A black swanIs born that nightThe misty pond(Has) got a new kingGot a new kingSo what can we doWith our livesWhen it all beginsIt's hard andIt's cruelWill grace die in pain?Will light ever rise again?

I'm trapped in darknessStill I reach out for the starsI'm moving in silenceI leave it all far behind

chorus:Oh at dawnI'll face the edge of thornsOh at dawnI'll pray at the edge of thornsOh at dawnI'll face the edge of thorns

Let us march onTo the fields of sacrifice(I'm) wondering whyI'll carry onWill I betray myselfTo rise

In the silenceIt's time to explain(And)Search for truth in liesUseful liesNeedless love's damned

What can we do with our livesWhen it all begins

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Come follow meAnd you will seeHow it will beWhen all the pain is gone away

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Let us march onThough there's no hope at our sideLet us be braveThough by glory we are deniedButDon't you thinkIt's time for usTo bring to an endCome play the song of deathThe wisdom in us bothWill make itSpecial guaranteedPlay the song of death

I'm lost in the depths of his eyesI can't fleeInner pain caused insanityIt's deep withinThe fear and the hungerEnslaved and deniedBy my love and my enemiesI'm the illgotten son

Echoes of terror in this old landI see the result of their questSkulls of old heroes lie everywherein this mystical placeDust in their eyes, dust on my pridein this infinite journey to the ancient sword

I can hear their lament between these rocksthe whisper of an angry ghosthe speaks for them all trapped in this lost worldI am their very last hopeto ride from hell free once againto break the chains from a bloody past for my victory

I'll fight, I'll cry for your silence your nameYou'll live through me I will end all your painfor the swan in the lake the bird on the treethe peace for my beloved landsThe black king is near and Algalord callsso heroes of the lost valley raise all your voice

Never had a very real dream before.Now I got a vision of an open door.Guiding me home, where I belong,Dreamland I have come.

Oh where do I go?

Never had a flesh and blood like this before.Got a new appearance when I passed the door.Is it a dream I am withing? Oh what's going on?

Down, down, downGo down, go down, go downI roam into nowhere.Don't see an end: eternal wastelands.And I hear the voice, the voice, the voice, the voice...

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

Never been a fighter, neber been a man.But I must help Vandroiy, he's my only friend.Nowhere to go but I know that he knows howWe will get her out...

Magic of transcendenceBrought me to this placeVandroiy in reality lead me on my race.Told me to bring back the sealBut still I don't know where I shall go.

[Lugaid:]Can't you 'feel' the voice?You don't have a choice.What a kind of life:Freedom in flesh - shackles on your mind...

Go all the way to the tower!Find out the secrets behind!Go all the way to the tower!For all the wisdom of ages doesn't die.

[Elderane:]Men have good intentionsOn their way to the light.But som of them are venalAnd end up in the night.Maybe it's better for you, mankind,Not to know what's going on.

Sometimes we must goWays that seem to be wrong.What a kind of life: Freedom in flesh,Shackles on your mind...

[Lugaid:]Go all the way to the tower!Find out the secrets behind!Go all the way to the tower!Find out the name of the oneWho reigns from inside...

[Voice in the Tower:]You have come the long way through agesTo bring me the seven parts of the seal.So now throw it over the walls of the tower.Throw the seal!

[Pope:]But first Godfather, what about the prophecy? WhatAbout your reward: The ultimate illumination, theGnosis and the power to defend your kingdom onEarth with a strong hand? What about the prophecy?

[Lugaid:]I realize...

[all:]For the glory, for the glory, for the glory,For the glory. Oh - what is going on?For the glory, for the glory, for the glory,For the glory. Oh - what is going on?

[Lugaid:]Gabriel I can feel:You have it back - book and seal.Still no war is won, we have just begun...

Go all the way to the tower!Long for the secrets behind!Go all the way to the tower!Found out the name of the oneWho reigns from inside...

Go all the way to the tower!Long for the secrets behind!Go all the way to the tower!Found out the name of the one,Of the one...

[Jakob:]Oh, how could the stranger steal the seal away?Was it my fault? Or was it no one's fault at all?

I'm waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime.Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time.'Cause at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole,The sands of time for me are running low...

Running low--ooohhh...When the priest comes to read me the last rites,I take a look through the bars at the last sights,Of a world that has gone very wrong for me.

Can it be that there's some sort of error?Hard to stop the surmounting terror.Is this really the end, not some crazy dream?

Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming,It's not easy to stop from screaming,But words escape me when I try to speak.Tears flow but why am I crying?After all I'm not afraid of dying.Don't I believe that there never is an end?

As the guards march me out to the courtyard,Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you".If there's a God then why does he let me go?

As I walk my life drifts before me.Though the end is near I'm not sorry.Catch my soul, it's willing to fly away.

Mark my words believe my soul lives on.Don't worry now that I have gone.I've gone beyond to see the truth.

When you know that your time is close at hand,Maybe then you'll begin to understandLife down here is just a strange illusion.

We hold the rivers of the eastern trailDeep in the land of the RusFollowing the wind in our sailsAnd the rythm of the oars

No shelter in this hostile landConstantly on guardReady to fight and defend, our ship to bitter end

We came under attackI received a deadly woundA spear was forced into my backStill I fought on

When I am dead, lay me in a moundRaise a stone for all to seeRunes come to my memory!

Here I lie on the river bankA long long way from homeLife is pouring out of meSoon I will be goneI tilt my head, to the sideAnd think of those back homeI see the river rushing byThe blood runs from my wound

Here I lie, on wet sandI will not make it homeI clench my sword in my handSay farewell to those I love

When I am dead, lay me in a moundPlace my weapons by my sideFor the journey to hall up high

When I am dead, lay me in a moundRaise a stone for all to seeRunes come to my memory!To my memory